Improved mop-head



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JAMES S. HARRIS, 'OF POULTNEY, VERMNT.

IMPRVED MOP-HEAD.

Speciticationforming part of Letters Patent No. 39,730, dated September 1, 1863; antedated December 17, 1862.

.To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES S. HARRIS, of Poultney, in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Im proved Mode of Constructing Mop-Heads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon as a part of this specication.

Figure l is a perspective view when composed of cast-iron. Figs. 2 and 3 are sections thereof. Fig. 4is a sectional view ot' a wroughtiron mop-frame, showing the mode of attaching the same to the handle and hinging the levers C C to the handle.

In genera-l, Icompose the frame of cast-iron, and it may be constructed in any required forni. The pressure-plate B, Fig. l, is groovedat its ends so as to iit the frame A, and should be closely iitted. It is also indented upon its upper side so as to receive the ends of the levers C G in the process of pressing, so as to hold the force required t0 fasten themop to the frame A.

1 hang the mop or cloth upon the stationary frame A, and the pressureplate B is sli'd down upon the mop. The flange G, Fig. 2, is a projection of one-half inch, and isthe i'ulcrum upon whichthe levers C C are hinged and turn. The circular ends or" the levers C C are drilled and placed each side of the tlan ge G and confined by a pin, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

These levers are pressed together by the thumb and nger, and should be ofthe length required when turned together) to force the mop iirmly against the frame A. This device holds the mop securely. The shanks H H are two inches in length, and have one or more pointed projections upon their inner sides and upper ends, which are set into the handle, as shown in Fig. 2. The handle E is grooved to receive the shanks, and also indented to receive the points 2 2, and if required the Shanks may be also secured by staples or by any other equivalent device 5 and when thus constructed the device is comparatively simple, cheap, and durable, and obviates the objections to the movable mop-holder constructed outside the frame and operated by ratchet or screw, which soon wears and loosens by use, and fails to hold the. mop as required.

I claim as new and of my invention- The arrangement ofthe levers C G, in connection with the pressure-plate B and of the frame A operating in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In witness that the above is a true'specication of my improvement I have hereunto 'set my hand this 4th day of December, A. D.

JAMES S. HARRIS.

Witnesses T. D. DEWEY, E. S. DEWEY. 

